Baby Jesus was stolen from this Nativity scene, Franklin police say. A replacement is expected to cost $1,000 or more.(Photo: Provided by Indiana Masonic Home via IndyStar) ...

Nativity scenes around the world have added a new accessory this Christmas season: the keffiyeh. In a controversial take on the classic holiday display, some churches are replacing the baby Jesus ...

A church nativity scene which features two mothers of the Baby Jesus, instead of the conventional Mary and Joseph figurines, has sparked anger among conservative Catholics and politicians in Italy.

And yet these nativity scenes aren’t much more far-fetched than the traditional ones. Christmas, like many other holidays, is a social ritual informed by some mix of religion and folklore. As ...

A church in Claremont featured a Nativity scene with Mary, Joseph and baby Jesus in cages. It was supposed to make a point about the plight of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.

The male suspect "stole baby Jesus" from the nativity scene on display at Sundance Square in downtown Fort Worth on Dec. 17 at around 2 a.m., the city’s police department said.

Baby Jesus Stolen from Colorado Nativity Scene Is Returned with an Apology: 'Won't Happen Again' “I made a dumb mistake in the moment," the thief said in their apology note. By.

My family’s Nativity scene, like so many others that will appear during the holiday season, has some notable inaccuracies. It portrays a fair-skinned holy family, not a Middle Eastern one.

The Fort Worth Police Department says that the incident happened on Dec. 17 at around 2 a.m. when the man "stole baby Jesus" from the nativity scene, adding that he was seen getting into a tan or ...

D ENVER — Police in Fort Collins, Colorado, were looking for a suspect who reportedly stole a baby Jesus figurine from a nativity scene, but said the thief returned the figurine on Thursday with ...

Outrage exploded online after Pope Francis inaugurated a nativity scene, designed by two artists from Bethlehem and featuring a keffiyeh wrapped around Jesus’s manger, in St. Peter’s Square on ...